186 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. 
PODILYMBUS PODICEPS (Linn.). 
Pied-billed Grebe. 
Adult in summer plumage: Throat black, and a black band on the bill; no tufts on sides 
of the head in any plumage. Winter plumage > Throat grayish white, no black band on 
bill; sides faintly washed with pale brown. 
Length, 13.50; Wing, 5; Tarsus, 1.45; Bill, .go. 
Often confounded with the preceding species in winter dress. 
Florida in winter; not very common. It occasionally breeds in the State. 
Range: British Provinces of North America to South America. Nests 
on floating vegetation or slightly submerged marshes; eggs three to eight, 
yellowish white or dull white in color. 
